Australian Bullying Law

Legal frameworks regarding bullying are diverse. The federal nature of law in Australia means that recognition of bullying varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Targets of bullying accordingly rely on a range of statute and common law in dealing with the problem. It is important to have a mechanism for ensuring that organisations are aware that bullying in the workplace or schools is unacceptable.

Remedies

Legal remedies in Australia have included action under -

• Anti-Discrimination Legislation
• Common Law (eg for physical and/or psychological injury)
• Constructive Dismissal aspect of Industrial Relations Law
• Occupational Health & Safety Law
• Workers Compensation schemes
• Criminal Law
  

Those remedies reflect expectations about individual responsibilities and restrictions on things such as assault and workplace discrimination. Sodomising a cadet as part of military hazing, setting fire to an apprentice as part of workplace initiation or leaving pork chops in a Muslim colleague's locker is frowned on; physical injury may be rewarded by criminal sanctions against the perpetrator. The bullying that occurs among university academics and in the professions may simply go unreported and be accepted as appropriate industrial discipline aka professional practice.



Punishment for cyber bully's!

Hey this is Leep8033 and within this post i want to address the punishments of cyber bullying, so those of you who are secretly cyber bully's, this is aimed at you!

As we all know, cyber bullying is a product of the new technology that has come, and it is not always a good thing that it brings. Bullying from the playground has taken another level to the online world being much more severe and consequential. Just like how bullying is inappropriate on the playground and just like how there are punishment for bully's, there are punishments for cyber bully's and protection for the victims as well.
Because cyber bullying can cause much more harm on online rather than physically, action has to be taken against the people who cyber bully. Now there are no actual laws that states anything against cyber bully's but because some cases become very severe, lawsuits and prosecutors are using methods to convict cyber bully's for their deeds. 
It is commonly known that criminal harassment has been a basis for cyber bullying to start off with and also that in severe cases where the victims may be on the line of suicide or have committed suicide, can have the cyber bully's be criminally charged. 
For the punishments of cyber bullying, it depends on the country/state that you are within, but they can range from being suspensions/expulsions from schools (if you are a student), also you can be punished with jail time for criminal misdemeanors and even felonies. Not to mention you can be fined and also serve juvenile detention for young criminals.
As of yet, cyber bullying is rapidly growing just like the online environment so governments and the law are now taking attention to the online threats that are being posed by cyber bully's, creating policies and regulations that protect you online. And the growing of punishments are growing as well to protect people and to punish those who commit such an offense.

So to the people who are cyber bully's, be prepared for your days are limited and you are BOUND to get caught!! 

Also here is a quick intro to what cyber bullying is! please have a look :)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNumIY9D7uY  
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LAW ENFORCEMENT VIEWS OF CYBERBULLYING AND SEXTING

"LAW ENFORCEMENT VIEWS OF CYBERBULLYING AND SEXTING"

It is a study based on cyberbulling and sexting. 979 officers were surveyed, to know what they thought about the high-tech teen problems and to see if there were any differences in perceived roles when comparing SROs with traditional police officers.

The vast majority of the SROs (94%) agreed or strongly agreed that cyberbullying is a serious problem warranting the response of law enforcement. Similarly, 93% agreed or strongly agreed that sexting is a serious concern for law enforcement. As far as experience, 78% of the SROs reported that they had investigated an average of 16 cyberbullying cases during the previous school year and 67% of the SROs reported that they had personally investigated a sexting incident in the previous year (average=5 incidents).

Like the SROs, the majority of the traditional police officers (82%) agreed or strongly agreed that cyberbullying as a serious problem warranting the response of law enforcement. Seventy-eight percent agreed or strongly agreed that sexting is a serious concern for law enforcement. Relatively few of the traditional officers had experience investigating cyberbullying and sexting cases. Ten percent reported investigating an average of 2 cyberbullying cases during the previous school year and 7% reported that they had personally investigated a sexting incident in the previous year.

 In all cases the SROs rated the law enforcement role significantly higher than the traditional law enforcement officers.  Clearly, the officers who work in the schools, who most directly confront these problems, see themselves has having a greater responsibility in dealing with the cases than the officers who do not regularly work in schools.

Post by Shifa.